Lake Tahoe Books and Art: Windows on the Sierra and Beyond

11/20/2012

CASH MOB at MADE IN TAHOE - Saturday November 24, 2012 (12-6pm)

Want to support a local business and local artists? Want to see a local business carry more books? Then participate in a CASH MOB to help Made in Tahoe stay in business! Made in Tahoe is located just a few doors down from where Lake Tahoe Books and Art operated last winter. Owner Jenny Curtis has been bringing in an increasing nunber of books to meet local demand - lets show her what that demand might be by participating in their "cash mob" event this Saturday.

Dont know what a cash mob is? Then see: http://cashmobs.wordpress.com/rules-2/

Details on the cash mob at Made in Tahoe can be found at their page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Made-In-Lake-Tahoe-USA/139426096114825

or by continuing to read below:

LOCAL “CASH MOB” - NOVEMBER 24, 2012 - MADE IN LAKE TAHOE, USA

November 24th is “Small Business Saturday”. This is a nationally organized day dedicated to supporting small businesses in your community. A local “Cash Mob” is being organized that same day! A “Cash Mob” is a social media organized event where a community gets together to shop at and support a locally owned business that is struggling to keeps it doors open. This Saturday, a few dedicated local artists are inviting the South Lake Tahoe community to come and support Made In Lake Tahoe. This unique gift shop features handmade items from 90 local artists. These artists are a part of our community and will benefit from your support, as well as, the shop itself. Located in the Raley’s Shopping Center at Stateline, Made In Lake Tahoe, USA has struggled through the last year to keep serving our community.
Shop owner, Jenny Curtis, says, “The local community support has been very encouraging. Everyone loves the idea of a shop solely dedicated to our local artists and their various works. The sense of community and friendships that the shop has created are a blessing for everyone involved. But, times are tough and this last year has taken a large toll on all of my resources. ”
The artists have all agreed to postpone their October payments for their goods sold to keep the shop open through the holiday season. Everyone is working together to see it through the slow season.
Artist Sheri Togan says that the shop offers a year round venue for local artist that might not otherwise be able to display their work. It’s a great opportunity for so many of us in town to make a little extra cash.
Locals and visitors, alike, love the atmosphere and integrity of this unique shop. It is genuine and home town.
“Your community is so lucky to have a shop like this. Everything is made right here in Tahoe. Not made in China and just stamped with “Lake Tahoe”, customer, Evette Phillips from Virginia, commented.
The artists organizing the “Cash Mob” are adding their own twist. With most “Cash Mobs”, all the participants gather at one specific time to visit the store. With it being a holiday weekend and busy schedules, we are expanding the “Cash Mob” time. Please come to the shop anytime between 12:00pm and 6:00pm on Saturday! You will receive a friendly greeting with free coffee, hot chocolate and cookies! You will find “Red Dot” sales and a 10% locals discount!

Check us out on Facebook for more details and updates.
Come Out and Support this Wonderful, Unique Tahoe Business!!
( Don’t let us be another small business to say Good bye to South Lake Tahoe!)
We look forward to seeing you there!!

What: Cash Mob
Where: Made In Lake Tahoe, USA
Raley’s Center at Stateline (Between Savvy and Hot Chacha)
Why: Support a local small business and 90 local artists
When: November 24, 2012
12:00 pm to 6:00pm
Specials: Red Dot Sales, 10% Locals Discount, Free coffee, hot chocolate & cookies

Here are the rules we’ve developed for running cash mobs. THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTED RULES!!! Feel free to change them and let us know if your changes are better and Continue reading →

11/20/2012

You can still browse for books in Tahoe, thanks to local retailers.

Dear Friends - since Lake Tahoe Books and Art closed in March of this year, our wholesale supplier - Crystal Range Associates - has been working with various local businesses to increase the scope of book titles available in the Tahoe Basin. Kudos to Made in Tahoe, Zephyr Cove Resort, and Cecil's Market for making shelf space available for those seeking the printed word. As the holidays approach, we encourage you to check out their increasing selections of both fiction and non-fiction. Feel free to let them know what your reading habits are and what you would like to be able to source locally.

08/17/2012

Want to earn a free ticket to the pre-flight party and/or air show and meet Captain Sullenberger? We need at at least one person each day to volunteer to help us with selling Captain Sullenberger's books and with the book signing at the pre-flight party and airport events. In addition to helping us answer questions and managing sales, our volunteer must be able to help us move 30-40 pound boxes of - what else - books!
If you are interested, give is a call at 530-542-3245.

08/01/2012

This year's Lake in the Sky air show features a talk and book-signing by Captain "Scully" Sullenberger, pilot of U.S Airways Flight 1549. After multiple bird strikes resulted in the complete loss of both engines, Capt. Sullenberger sucessfully ditched his Airbus A320 in the Hudson River. All 155 passengers and crew survived and the incident has become known as the "Miracle on the Hudson."

Since then, Capt. Sullenburger has authored two books: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters (trade paper, $15.99) and Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders (hardcover, $26.99).

Lake Tahoe Books and Art has partnered with the City of South Lake Tahoe and the Lake and the Sky Air Show to bring you copies of either of Capt Sullenberger's books for signing (and reading of course!) locally.

We will be at both the pre-flight party (Aug 24th) and the air show (Aug 25th) (see http://www.lakeintheskyairshow.com). However, to guarentee a copy of one of Capt. Sullenbergur's books for purchase and signing at the pre-flight party, we strongly suggest you order your copy by August 10.

Just call 530-542-3245 or email us at [email protected].

Prepaid orders receive a 10% discount. Books will available for pick up at Embassy Suites starting at 6PM Friday the 24th.
Those that order a book and can't make it to the pre-flight party can pick up their book up at the air show, or Explore Tahoe after the 26th - Hope to see you there!

Annual airshow at the Lake Tahoe Airport in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Includes an exciting Air Show, large display of military and general aviation aircraft, simulated helicopter rescue demonstration, sky dive demonstration, Airplane rides, and many other exciting attractions.

03/16/2012

Whether you want to see the movie first and then read the book, or the other way around - it's not too late to order a copy of any of the Hunger Games trilogy - or a special three-volume boxed set (hardcover), all at 15% off suggested retail.
To order, call 530-542-3245. Orders available for pick-up at Made in Tahoe, at the Village Center (aka Crescent V Center), 4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd, SLT, CA.

As anticipation reaches a fever pitch for the big-screen adaptation of "The Hunger Games" opening next Friday, a central element is absent from every trailer, television ad and online video: the Hunger Games themselves, in which teenagers fight to the death while their futuristic society watches o...

03/13/2012

A Hunger Games party for our friends and readers? For details, see the post below.

03/13/2012

Lake Tahoe Books and Art is now officially closed, although we are still busy boxing books and breaking down fixtures. We would like to thank all the folks that have stopped by over the last week to thank us for being there during the holiday season.

Phase II starts next week. We will be working with local book clubs to get them volume discounts on club reads, continue to source special orders for our readers, and look forward to organizing a number of special events. We would like to thank Jen at "Made in Tahoe" - just a few doors down towards the highway from the bookstore - for agreeing to be one of our pick up locations for special orders.

As some of you know, we were playing around with organizing a Hunger Games competition during the lead up to the film release (a challanging, though non-lethal version of course!!!). Unfortunately, it turned out to be impractical to organize while winding down the store.

But with the Hunger Games buzz likely to get even bigger after the movie release, we're still thinking about something for summer - so keep an eye out for details and a call for volunteers. In the meantime, if anyone is interested in a store-organized get-together (ideally) the night of the movie release - let us know and we will put something together that might include an opportunity to enjoy food, beverage and lively discussion either immediately before or after the movie. If our local cinema cooperates, we might even be able to reserve a block of seats on opening night. Might "the odds be forever in our favor?" Tell your friends and give us a buzz! - Michael

03/03/2012

WELL, NOW JUST TWO DAYS LEFT! and EVERYTHING MUST STILL GO!!
EXTRA DISCOUNTS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR OUR FACEBOOK FREINDS.

Mention coupon code FB0302 and all titles are at least 10% off, with adult cloth fiction at 15% off - plus the more you buy the more you save:
.. - buy any two books, receive 15% off,
- buy three, 20% off
- buy four, 25% off
- five or more gets you 30% off.

Looking to save more? We still have a selection of bargain books already marked at 10-90% off. Buy a bargin book, priced as marked, and get an additional 5% added to the quantity discounts offered on our other titles. Just mention coupon code FB0302.

Don't forget, the quicker you visit, the larger selection you will have to choose from. And we will continue to take special orders and arrange for pick up after the fourth.

Interested in our fixturing? - some of it is available for sale - just ask us about any items that might interest you. Our Saturday and Sunday hours will be 11am-5pm . . . Hope to see then -

02/29/2012

JUST FIVE DAYS LEFT! EVERYTHING MUST GO!!
EXTRA DISCOUNTS THIS WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY

Phase I of Lake Tahoe Books and Art (i.e., with a store located in the Village Center) comes to an end March 4. Take advantage of the last few days of our inventory reduction sale. All titles are at least 5% off, plus the more you buy the more you save:

- buy two books, receive 10% off,
- buy three, 15% off
- buy four, 20% off
- five or more gets you 25% off.

Looking to save more? We still have a selection of bargain books already marked at 10-90% off. Buy a bargin book, priced as marked, and get an additional 5% added to the quantity discounts offered on our other titles. Just mention coupon code FB229.

Don't forget, the quicker you visit, the larger selection you will have to choose from. And we will continue to take special orders and arrange for pick up after the fourth.

Interested in our fixturing - some of it is available for sale - just ask us about any items that might interest you. Hoe to see you soon -

02/27/2012

The Hunger Games - Read it Now! - Available at Lake Tahoe Books and Art

Music video by Taylor Swift (feat. The Civil Wars) performing Safe & Sound. (C) 2012 Big Machine Records, LLC